text your US postal address
to (520) 200-2223 and get a text back with your

STATE & FEDERAL
legislative rep phone numbers.

Politico has reported that
Iraqis who provided assistance to the U.S. military will not be automatically
exempt from Trump’s global halt on refugee admissions. (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/30/state-iraqi-refugees-trump-travel-ban-240158)
These are folks who put their lives on the line to help us, and the
Trump administration is treating them like a threat. Let’s call the State
Department at 202-647-4000 and tell them we
want them to exempt individuals
in the Direct Access Program for U.S.-Affiliated Iraqis from the refugee
ban. And then let’s call our members of Congress and ask them what they’re
doing to make sure we do right by our allies and friends.

“Kate’s Law” (H.R. 3004) which will toughen the punishment
for undocumented immigrants, who re-enter the country, passed the House last
week and is headed to the Senate.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said "This law is for
Kate" (who was killed by an undocumented immigrant) https://www.speaker.gov/general/law-kate
and https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-06-29/a-kate-s-law-to-deter-violence-that-won-t Let's tell Rep. Ryan, as well as our own MoCs, that we want to protect ALL our
citizens and we are wondering where are the laws for school children
gunned down in their classrooms, for citizens at a movie theatre, for
students on college campuses, etc.

Trump's nominee for the top Dept. of
Justice civil rights' position is Eric Dreiband whose civil rights record
is questionable. This is one they are hoping will not be on our
radar. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/29/activists-oppose-trump-civil-rights-pick-240112
“Whoever leads the ‘crown jewel’ of the
Justice Department must have deep relationships with stakeholders and
marginalized communities, and have a deep, abiding faith in our nation’s
civil rights laws,” Gupta said. “They must respect the laws that touch
everyone, rights that people have literally died for. They must respect
the role of what has been called the conscience of the federal government.
In all those regards, Eric Dreiband is woefully unqualified to lead the
Civil Rights Division.” Let's
tell our Senators that we oppose Dreiband for this important
position.

Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke
have announced that they will reconsider Obama's five-year offshore
drilling plan which would have limited drilling in the Outer Continental
Shelf, and will instead replace it with a plan that instills less limits
and regulations http://bit.ly/2sIzWfa The Interior
has just opened up the public comment period so that we can share our
thoughts on the matter. We can use Sierra Club's link to edit and send a
comment: http://bit.ly/2tI982E

The compliance date for the FDA's 2014
menu labeling rule, which would require establishments to post calorie
counts on their food products, has been delayed four times now http://bit.ly/2tlArO1 Let's
join MomsRising and participate in the FDA's public comment period to let
them know that the rule has been postponed long enough and that it should
be implemented ASAP: http://bit.ly/2tMA6XJ

Other Actions

Thanks to the courts, it
may not be as easy as Trump thinks to roll back Obama-era
regulations. A federal appeals court ruled on
Monday that EPA’s Scott Pruitt does not have the authority to
impose a 2-year moratorium on EPA methane regulations, a moratorium which
would allow oil and gas companies to continue their methane emissions
unchecked: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/court-rejects-pruitts-delay-obama-era-methane-rule/ This delaying tactic
has been central to Pruitt’s efforts to undermine EPA air and water
pollution regulations as well. We should express our gratitude and
lend our support to the coalition of environmental groups who won this
suit on our behalf, especially the National Resources Defense
Council: https://www.nrdc.org And, of course, let
Pruitt know what we think of this tactic: 202-564-4700

As the celebration of our nation’s founding moves
into the rear view mirror, let’s all take a moment to thank someone whose
actions are continuing to give us energy: perhaps your MoC, a local
official, a local huddle convener, a friend who shares interesting
articles with you or cheers on your resistance efforts, etc. This
administration is nearing the six-month mark and we need to all keep each
other engaged and not dispirited.

"Trump has promised religious conservatives he
will “get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment,” a part of the tax code that
bars churches from campaigning for or donating to specific political
candidates. In a largely overlooked move, House Republicans have taken the
most concrete step yet to make that promise a reality." The bill,
which included a section that makes it significantly more difficult for
the IRS to investigate churches, "was approved by the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
in aThursday vote,
as was the bill as a whole, a committee aide confirmed. It will next be
considered by the full House Appropriations Committee." Let's keep
our eyes on this provision, which blurs the separation between church and
state, and has been tacked onto the "sprawling" House’s
Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill for fiscal
year 2018. http://www.newsweek.com/house-republicans-johnson-amendment-630668

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Rogan’s List is a daily, thoroughly vetted action list for people who are unhappy with the current administration and who want to become more politically involved, but do not have time for the research. The compiler, Susan Goodrich Rogan, is a retired librarian who has worked in university, community college, and elementary school libraries. She is the mother of eleven and the grandmother of nine..